What are some problems with Vista? I have heard from a few diffenent people and and I have read a couple articles that warn me to stay away from Windows Vista.

Thanks

lockups for random unknown reasons. I'd back off till SP1 personally...

Vista is actually more reliable and more secure than XP. The difficulty is that it's a major change from the way that computers have done business over the last few years.

If you've got old stuff (programs and hardware) that you still want to use - Vista isn't for you.
If you don't want to check to see if something is Vista compatible before buying/downloading it - Vista isn't for you

Most problems that I've seen are from printers - with TV cards also being an issue. If you've got an older one, and there aren't any Vista drivers for it, you're gonna have to get a new one.

Some software programs can be coaxed to work. The lower the level that the program works on (more interface with hardware/OS functions) the less likely it is that an older program will work. I've been able to get WFW 3.11 games to work on Vista in Windows 95 compatibility mode (it was a condition of the sale for a new computer on the day that Vista was released).